Annotation:Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey C:Alexander Mackay M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 13) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb c|B3cB3F D3B,B,3d|e2d2c2B2 A3cc3f|d2B2B2F2 G2E2D2B,2|D3g c3d B4B2:| e2|d3fB3d e2g2c2g2|d3fG3B A3cc3e|d3fB3d e3gc3e|d3f F2G2 B4 B2e2| d3fB3d e2g2c2e2|d3fG3B A2c2c2e2|d3BB3F G2E2D2B,2|D3g c3d B4B2||
MR. JOHN CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. John Campbell Ardmore's Strathspey" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer Alexander Mackay (born 1773) for John Campbell (1801-1861), the eldest boy of Archbald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore, Islay. In 1845 John was appointed Chamberlain to the Duke of Argyll and became known and feared as Factor Mór, the Big Factor, who implemented the 8th Duke of Argyll’s policies in the Ross of Mull and Tiree for the next 25 years.
